Official UK procurement notice
Stockport Council - Heat Network Development Partner
Authority: Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council (Local council)
Sectors: Architecture & Engineering (71) Delivery: North West (UKD3)
Published estimate£406,490,000≈ £406m / year · £480,894,000 inc. VAT
Submissions closed 24 Apr 2026awarded 10 Aug 2026
Award (standstill) to HEAT NETWORKS DEVELOPMENT COMPANY NO.1 LIMITED
Contract term 1 yrends 7 Jul 2027 · starts 8 Jul 2026
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionStockport Council is one of the authorities participating in the Government's Advanced Zoning Programme (AZP). Under the AZP, Stockport Council is procuring a Development Agreement with a partner to fully design and ultimately invest, build, operate and manage the Stockport District Heat Network (a Green Heat Network Fund supported scheme).
- No preliminary market engagement: Preliminary market engagement conducted in 2023 under Procurement Contract Regulations 2015, notice not required. Market engagement exercise conducted via Chest portal as Expression of Interest. The contracting authority determined the route to market is open tender.
CPV: Engineering design services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedPublished value£406,490,000
What it takes to wini
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
How bids were scored
Published sub-criteria (3)
- Technical: 30%
- Price: 50%
- Social value: 20%
Published award criteria (3)
- Technical
- Social value: Quantitative Submission (10%) and Qualitative Method Statement Question (10%)
- Price: Lowest Price Methodology
What this means for your bid
- Price carries 50 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 5 points. This one is won on the number: sharpen the price before polishing the prose.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 5 Dec 2025, 13:44 GMT
- Last source update
- 10 Aug 2026, 10:29 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 19 Jun 2026
- Authority reference
12783- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-080167- Latest notice
- Contract award notice (UK6)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05efb6Find a Tender
How it was run
Official noticeRun through: ProContract (Due North) · Who buys & how to bid on ProContract
Access & registration note: Free · short registration with manual review; public opportunity list
- Submission deadline
- 24 Apr 2026, 12:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 27 Mar 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release
DN797398
Timeline
5 Dec 2025 → 19 Aug 2026 · 8 dates- Tender notice published320 days ago5 Dec 2025, 13:44 GMT
- Clarification questions by208 days ago27 Mar 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Submission deadline180 days ago24 Apr 2026, 12:00 BST
- Award decision expected by124 days ago19 Jun 2026, 23:59 BST
- Contract starts106 days ago8 Jul 2026, 00:00 BST
- Assessment summaries sent73 days ago10 Aug 2026, 00:00 BST
- Latest notice published72 days ago10 Aug 2026, 10:29 BST
- Standstill ends63 days ago19 Aug 2026, 23:59 BST
Notice history
6 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 5 Dec 2025- Tender notice published5 Dec 2025, 13:44 GMTUK4
- Tender notice published27 Feb 2026, 14:10 GMTUK4
- Deadline moved to 24 Apr 2026, 12:00 BST27 Feb 2026, 14:10 GMT+28 days · was 27 Mar 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Contract award notice published10 Aug 2026, 10:29 BSTUK6
- Status changed to complete10 Aug 2026, 10:29 BST
- Contract signature expected31 Aug 2026, 23:59 BSTscheduled
Published amendments (1)
Extension of submission deadline updated to 24/04/2026 12pm (four-week extension).
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecastAwards 1
Awarded value £406,490,0001 award exc. VAT
Bids received 1
Named bidders 1published on the award notice
| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| HEAT NETWORKS DEVELOPMENT COMPANY NO.1 LIMITED1 Sept 2026 – 31 Aug 2027 | £406,490,000 | 10 Aug 2026standstill to 19 Aug 2026 | Standstill |
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1final-stage tenders | 0 | 0 | — |
Who bid
- wonHEAT NETWORKS DEVELOPMENT COMPANY NO.1 LIMITED · North West England
Bidders as named on the Procurement Act 2023 award notice. “Won” means the bidder holds an award on this notice.
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- HEAT NETWORKS DEVELOPMENT COMPANY NO.1 LIMITEDAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (3)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender